Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun periodic_breathing

1 sense of periodic breathing

Sense 1
periodic breathing, Cheyne-Stokes respiration -- (abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate)
       => breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation -- (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)